Brookie's Diary
• Friday, July 4, 2008 - Nightjars again!!
| Friday saw me bird watching in the club area. Again in one of the wooded area seeing Coal Tit and Long Tailed Tit with summer migrants like Chiffchaff, and Blackcap trying to hide in the bushes. A sudden load noise alerted me to Jays being harassed by Blackbirds for a reason I never did find out, I was a little bit too late on the scene to see what was really going on. I made my way further in to the woods catching sight of Siskins', Chaffinch, Wrens and a fly thro Goshawk. Making my way to the car park after trying new areas looking for the unexpected, I caught glimpse of a lone Spotted Flycatcher making it's way up the tree line doing the usual flycatcher feeding habits as it went along. It was around here that I got talking to a person who had been told by someone of Nightjars in the area, so a plan was hatched to see how true this was. I returned late at night to the area I thought would be holding them, a place I had seen earlier looking for Tree Pipits. It got to 10:15pm and Woodcocks started to appear, then at about 10:30pm churring was heard, but this time a Nightjar was seen in flight. I didn't stop much longer after that due to the amount of midge flies in the area. |
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